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name, description, allowed-tools
| name | description | allowed-tools |
|---|---|---|
| tv-app-a11y-fallback | Use when driving a TV app (webOS SmartTV, Kinopoisk, etc.) where the accessibility tree is broken or empty — no interactive elements, buttons, links, or inputs in snapshots. Covers synthetic key events with webOS key codes, React fiber introspection to call onPress/onClick directly, focus detection via computed styles, and bundle analysis to discover key handling. Also use when agent-browser press/click/fill fail on a TV app. | Bash(agent-browser:*), Bash(npx agent-browser:*) |
TV app control when the a11y tree is bad
TV apps (Kinopoisk SmartTV, Yandex OTT, etc.) are custom SPAs rendered as divs with their own focus system. The accessibility tree is often useless:
agent-browser snapshot -i # → "(no interactive elements)"
There are no <button>, <a>, <input> elements, no role attributes, no
tabindex. click @eN, fill, and press from the core skill will not work.
This skill covers the fallback techniques.
1. Confirm the situation
# a11y tree empty?
agent-browser snapshot -i
# no standard interactive elements in DOM?
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
const inputs = document.querySelectorAll('input, button, a, [role="button"], [role="link"]');
return {count: inputs.length};
})()
EOF
If both are empty/zero, you are in a custom-focus TV app. Proceed below.
2. Connect to the TV
The TV exposes a CDP session (e.g. 127.0.0.1:9998). Use a named session:
export AGENT_BROWSER_SESSION="$(agent-browser session id --scope worktree --prefix mytask)"
agent-browser --cdp 9998 snapshot
Check what page/app is attached:
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:9998/json/list | python3 -m json.tool
3. Discover how the app handles keys
TV apps listen for keydown on window/document with capture and map
webOS key codes to logical keys. Find the app's JS bundles:
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('script[src]')).map(s => s.src))()
EOF
Download the main/platform bundles and grep for key handling:
curl -s -o main.js "<bundle-url>"
grep -o 'addEventListener("keydown"[^)]*' main.js | head
grep -o 'keyCode[^,;)]*' main.js | sort -u | head
Typical webOS key map (Yandex OTT / Kinopoisk SmartTV):
| Key | keyCode |
|---|---|
| SELECT (OK/Enter) | 13 |
| UP | 38 |
| DOWN | 40 |
| LEFT | 37 |
| RIGHT | 39 |
| BACK | 461 |
| PLAY | 415 |
| PAUSE | 19 |
| SEEK_FORWARD | 417 |
| SEEK_BACKWARD | 412 |
| STOP | 413 |
| CHANNEL_UP / CHANNEL_DOWN | 33 / 34 |
The platform handler typically looks like:
window.addEventListener("keydown", handler, true); // capture!
// handler: n.preventDefault(); n.stopPropagation();
// key = keyMap[n.keyCode] || "Unknown"; emitter.emit({key, ...})
4. Send synthetic key events
agent-browser press sends trusted CDP events that may not reach the app's
custom handler. Instead, dispatch synthetic events on window (the handler is
attached with capture, so window.dispatchEvent triggers it):
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
const ev = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {key: 'ArrowRight', code: 'ArrowRight', keyCode: 39, which: 39, bubbles: true, cancelable: true});
window.dispatchEvent(ev);
return 'sent RIGHT';
})()
EOF
Helper script for repeated use:
cat <<'EOF' > /tmp/tv_key.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: tv_key.sh <keyCode> <keyName>
export AGENT_BROWSER_SESSION="<session>"
cat <<EOS | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
const ev = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {key: '$2', code: '$2', keyCode: $1, which: $1, bubbles: true, cancelable: true});
window.dispatchEvent(ev);
return 'sent $2';
})()
EOS
sleep 1
EOF
chmod +x /tmp/tv_key.sh
Notes:
- Navigation keys (UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT) usually work this way — the focus system moves focus between elements.
- SELECT may not trigger actions even though navigation works. The focus
system routes navigation keys itself, but SELECT must reach the focused
element's
onKeyDown→onPress. If it doesn't fire, use fiber introspection (section 6) to callonPress/onClickdirectly. - Some apps need
keyuptoo (long-press path): dispatch both keydown and keyup.
5. Detect the focused element
TV apps indicate focus visually. Common indicators:
- CSS transform scale (focused card is scaled up, e.g.
matrix(1.07, ...)):
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
const cards = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[class*="<card-class>"]'));
return cards.map(c => ({text: (c.textContent||'').trim().slice(0,40), transform: getComputedStyle(c).transform}));
})()
EOF
- Opacity (unfocused items dimmed to 0.4, focused = 1)
- Focus classes (
focus,active,selected,currentin className) - React fiber
focusedprop (see section 6)
6. React fiber introspection (the key technique)
React attaches fiber metadata to DOM elements. Keys look like
__reactFiber$<hash> and __reactProps$<hash>. Walk the fiber tree to find
components with onPress/onClick/onKeyDown handlers and call them directly.
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
// Find a DOM element by text, then walk up the fiber tree
const els = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('*'))
.filter(e => e.textContent && e.textContent.trim() === '<TEXT>' && e.children.length === 0);
const el = els[0];
const fiberKey = Object.keys(el).find(k => k.startsWith('__reactFiber'));
let fiber = el[fiberKey];
const chain = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 20 && fiber; i++) {
const t = fiber.type;
const name = typeof t === 'string' ? t : (t && (t.displayName || t.name)) || 'anon';
const props = fiber.memoizedProps || {};
chain.push({i, name, hasOnPress: typeof props.onPress === 'function', hasOnClick: typeof props.onClick === 'function'});
if (typeof props.onPress === 'function' || typeof props.onClick === 'function') break;
fiber = fiber.return;
}
return chain;
})()
EOF
Call the handler directly:
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
const els = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('*'))
.filter(e => e.textContent && e.textContent.trim() === '<TEXT>' && e.children.length === 0);
const el = els[0];
const fiberKey = Object.keys(el).find(k => k.startsWith('__reactFiber'));
let fiber = el[fiberKey];
for (let i = 0; i < 20 && fiber; i++) {
const t = fiber.type;
const name = typeof t === 'string' ? t : (t && (t.displayName || t.name)) || 'anon';
const props = fiber.memoizedProps || {};
if (typeof props.onPress === 'function') {
try { props.onPress(<order>); return 'onPress called on ' + name; }
catch (e) { return 'error: ' + e.message; }
}
if (typeof props.onClick === 'function') {
try { props.onClick(); return 'onClick called on ' + name; }
catch (e) { return 'error: ' + e.message; }
}
fiber = fiber.return;
}
return 'no handler found';
})()
EOF
Tips:
onPressoften takes an index/order argument (e.g. card index in a row). Readprops.orderfrom the same fiber and pass it.onClickusually takes no arguments.- If the handler is a closure over props (
e.onPress && e.onPress(e.order, n)), the real callback may live in a parent fiber — walk further up. - After calling, wait 2-4s for the SPA to navigate, then re-snapshot.
7. Verify state changes
The app is a SPA — the URL won't change. Verify by checking the DOM text:
cat <<'EOF' | agent-browser eval --stdin
(() => {
const body = (document.body.innerText||'');
const v = document.querySelector('video');
return {
bodyStart: body.slice(0, 300),
videoPaused: v ? v.paused : null,
videoTime: v ? Math.round(v.currentTime) : null,
videoDuration: v ? Math.round(v.duration) : null,
videoSrc: v ? (v.currentSrc||'').slice(0, 100) : null
};
})()
EOF
For a video player: check video.currentTime progresses, video.duration
matches the expected episode length, and the player controls show the right
title/episode when revealed (press any key to show controls).
8. Troubleshooting
| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
snapshot -i empty |
Normal for TV apps — use eval + fiber introspection |
press does nothing |
App uses custom key handler — dispatch synthetic events on window |
| Synthetic keys move focus but SELECT does nothing | Call onPress/onClick directly via fiber (section 6) |
| Element not found by text | Text may be split across nodes — search with includes() instead of exact match |
| Handler is a closure, real callback elsewhere | Walk further up the fiber tree (up to 20+ levels) |
| Page changed, refs stale | Re-snapshot / re-run eval — refs are assigned fresh each snapshot |
eval says "Identifier already declared" |
Wrap code in an IIFE: (() => { ... })() — eval state persists between calls |
| Video not playing | Check video.paused, video.readyState; wait for readyState === 4 |
| Need to see the screen | agent-browser screenshot — but if the model can't view images, rely on DOM text + fiber state |
9. Worked example (Kinopoisk SmartTV, Dorohedoro)
agent-browser --cdp 9998 snapshot— app already on home screen- Found "Продолжить просмотр" row with Дорохедоро card (2 сезон, 7 серия)
- Focus detection: card with
transform: matrix(1.07,...)= focused - Called
onPress(0)on the card fiber → player opened with episode 7 - Called
onClickon the "Серии" button fiber → episode list opened - Found "8 серия" card, called
onPress(7)(order 7 = 8th episode) → player switched - Verified: player controls showed "Дорохедоро, 2 сезон, 8 серия", video playing with duration 1408s (23 min, matching the episode)